World Conquest anyone?

[The historian]

Hi i was just wandering has anyone conquered the entire world yet? I'm trying to in my Spanish campaign now it's 1723 and I'm doing pretty well average about two provs per turn.
I was just wandering if anybody has conquered the entire world(every province) before.

[Prussian to the Iron]

im sure some people have, the people who have played non-stop since they got the game. its not really a difficulty thing as much as it is a time constraint thing. i, for example, have only had the game for 5 days. but, playing as russia for only a few hours a day, i eliminated 3 factions already and am halfway through conquering the ottomans. this may seem like a lot, but i still havent even expanded into europe, india or america yet. the farthest west i ahve been is south of the polish border. so i estimate by the time i conquer the world, i will have had the gam for 4 months.

i can bse this off experience. in R:TW, it took me about 6 months to finish my first world domination campaign(i fought every battle personally). in M2, it took about 4. this is about 3 times the size of m2, but it is also much harder with micromanagement and politics. thus i estimate anywhere from 4-7 months i will dominate the world.

of course, at that point i may already have lost interest in that campaign, as often happens when you dominate everyone.

[Relic]

im sure some people have, the people who have played non-stop since they got the game. its not really a difficulty thing as much as it is a time constraint thing. i, for example, have only had the game for 5 days. but, playing as russia for only a few hours a day, i eliminated 3 factions already and am halfway through conquering the ottomans. this may seem like a lot, but i still havent even expanded into europe, india or america yet. the farthest west i ahve been is south of the polish border. so i estimate by the time i conquer the world, i will have had the gam for 4 months.

i can bse this off experience. in R:TW, it took me about 6 months to finish my first world domination campaign(i fought every battle personally). in M2, it took about 4. this is about 3 times the size of m2, but it is also much harder with micromanagement and politics. thus i estimate anywhere from 4-7 months i will dominate the world.

of course, at that point i may already have lost interest in that campaign, as often happens when you dominate everyone.

Out of curiosity, what difficulty were you on?

[Dogfish]

I could of in a few campaigns but it gets boring for me near the end where victory is assured, so I usually stop playing. It's too easy right now.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Out of curiosity, what difficulty were you on?

for which games?

I could of in a few campaigns but it gets boring for me near the end where victory is assured, so I usually stop playing. It's too easy right now.

thats the way TW has always been (or at least the games i have had) once you are so close, you just lose interest. it always happens. however, having many regions in your victory conditions helps to make it interesting.

[jsberry]

I hate it that such conquest is so easy. It is so completely contrary to the "limited" nature of warfare before Napoleon.

Frederick II was "the Great" and he only won one province from Austria in two major wars. I am playing Prussia and by 1720 own most of Austria and Poland. My only tough adversary? Courland. Freaking Courland.

And, this is my very first time to play the game, and I'm not using any gimmick strategies like selling access. AND I'm auto-calcing all battles to avoid a sure CTD in the transition to the battle map.

This could be such a wonderful game if they'd just make it more realistic.